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Facilities Support, Permanent, 35 hours per week, £27,720 per annum
Facilities Support, £27,720pa, Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week (8:30am – 4:30pm)
Join the Law Society of Scotland at an exciting time as a Facilities Support team member. You’ll play a key role in keeping our Facilities Team running smoothly, collaborating with other teams and trusted suppliers to ensure everything works seamlessly. From supporting compliance, handling administrative tasks, or managing room setups, your contribution will help the team deliver excellence every day.
Due to the nature of this role and the responsibilities involved the successful candidate will be office-based each day. You’ll be a part of our vibrant workplace, connecting with colleagues and making an immediate impact.
At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.
Key Responsibilities for this role
- Manage the secure receipt, sorting, scanning, distribution and tracking of all incoming and outgoing mail, including Royal Mail, DX post, and deliveries. Maintain accurate records of all tracked mail items and ensure the mailroom remains organised and tidy.
- Set up meeting rooms and manage room layouts as required, including the safe handling and movement of office furniture.
- Book, coordinate, and manage courier services as required.
- Manage offsite storage processes, including archiving, file retrievals and secure document destruction.
- Maintain adequate stock levels of catering supplies, stationery and paper.
- Monitor, manage, and action Facilities helpdesk requests in a timely manner.
- Support the smooth running of the office (filling printers with paper ensuring printer hubs are stocked and kept tidy).
Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
· Experience of working in a similar role within an office environment.
· Strong attention to detail and excellent time management skills.
· Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
· Ability to build and sustain effective working relationships at all levels.
· Positive and proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and assist where required.
What we offer our employees?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:
· Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· A competitive pension provision scheme
· Excellent family friendly benefits
· Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
· Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, private medical insurance, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering.
The Law Society of Scotland is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We hold an Investors in Diversity Award in recognition of our commitment to advance fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement within our organisation and the Scottish legal sector. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity page.
We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the Society, we would love to hear from you!
If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.
This vacancy will close at 11:30am on 7 April 2026.
We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.
We are unable to accept CV’s. Please complete the full application form.
Job Description and Employee Specification
Administrator, Interventions Team, Permanent, 35 hours per week, £27,720 per annum
Administrator – Interventions Team
Permanent role £27, 720 per annum, 35 hours per week
It is an exciting time to join the Law Society of Scotland and we have an opportunity within the Interventions Team for two Administrators.
The primary objectives of the Interventions team are to take on Judicial Factory appointments and Interventions into law firms under the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. This role provides key administrative support to the Judicial Factor and Head of Interventions, and to the wider Interventions team, in the operation of these appointments. The bulk of the team’s work emanates from Court appointments made in the Judicial Factory cases, which have specific deadlines to be met and procedures to followed. Following a sustained upturn in the volume of work being carried out by the Interventions team, additional administrative support is now required.
This role plays an important part in protecting the public and maintaining confidence in the legal profession. You will deal with interesting work as we seek to protect and support the public when intervention is required into a law firm.
At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.
Key Responsibilities for this role
- correspond with enquiries, written and verbal, from various parties
- implement mandates for clients of ceased practices
- ingather documents to meet requests and production orders from Crown Office, Police and other third parties
- assist in the processing of claims and in the recovery of debts with clients of closed firms
- occasional work on-site in solicitor offices (Scotland wide) to secure and remove records and files.
Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- paralegal qualification or equivalent would be advantageous
- experience in the legal sector or equivalent
- experience in a customer facing role
- availability to travel anywhere in Scotland at short notice which may also involve some anti-social hours plus overnight stays
What we offer our employees?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:
· A hybrid working environment (this is primarily an office-based role, with the option of one day home-working each week).
· Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· A competitive pension provision scheme
· Excellent family friendly benefits
· Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
· Private medical insurance
· Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our lifestyle savings offerings.
We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!
You can find out more information about the law society and this role on our website. If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.
This vacancy will close at 11.30am on Monday 13 April 2026.
We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.
We are unable to accept CV’s. Please complete the application in full.
Administrator, Interventions Team, Temporary for a period of 12 months, 35 hours per week, £27,720 per annum
Administrator – Interventions Team
Temporary for a period of 12 months, £27,720 per annum.
It is an exciting time to join the Law Society of Scotland and we have an opportunity within the Interventions Team for two Administrators.
The primary objectives of the Interventions team are to take on Judicial Factory appointments and Interventions into law firms under the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. This role provides key administrative support to the Judicial Factor and Head of Interventions, and to the wider Interventions team, in the operation of these appointments. The bulk of the team’s work emanates from Court appointments made in the Judicial Factory cases, which have specific deadlines to be met and procedures to followed. Following a sustained upturn in the volume of work being carried out by the Interventions team, additional administrative support is now required.
This role plays an important part in protecting the public and maintaining confidence in the legal profession. You will deal with interesting work as we seek to protect and support the public when intervention is required into a law firm.
At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.
Key Responsibilities for this role
- correspond with enquiries, written and verbal, from various parties
- implement mandates for clients of ceased practices
- ingather documents to meet requests and production orders from Crown Office, Police and other third parties
- assist in the processing of claims and in the recovery of debts with clients of closed firms
- occasional work on-site in solicitor offices (Scotland wide) to secure and remove records and files.
Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- paralegal qualification or equivalent would be advantageous
- experience in the legal sector or equivalent
- experience in a customer facing role
- availability to travel anywhere in Scotland at short notice which may also involve some anti-social hours plus overnight stays
What we offer our employees?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:
- A hybrid working environment (this is primarily an office-based role, with the option of one day home-working each week).
- Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- A competitive pension provision scheme
- Excellent family friendly benefits
- Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
- Private medical insurance
- Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our lifestyle savings offerings.
We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!
You can find out more information about the law society and this role on our website. If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.
This vacancy will close at 11.30am on Monday 13 April 2026.
We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.
We are unable to accept CV’s. Please complete the application in full.
Job Description and Employee Specification
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Information Governance Officer, Two permanent roles, 35 hours per week, £38,787 per annum
Information Governance Officer £38,787pa, Two permanent roles, 35 hours per week
It is an exciting time to join the Law Society of Scotland. We are building and deploying a new FOI compliance regime and modernising our approach to information governance.
We have an opportunity within the Information Governance Team for two Information Governance Officer’s (IGO).
We are looking for someone who is proactive, detail focused and able to champion high standards of data protection, information management and organisational transparency while supporting colleagues across the organisation with clear, practical guidance.
About us
As the professional body for around 14,000 Scottish solicitors, the Law Society of Scotland seeks to lead legal excellence. Not only do we regulate the solicitor profession in the public interest, we also provide services and support to help the profession thrive.
The successful candidate will be joining our Legal and Governance Team which includes Information Governance, Governance and Corporate Complaints teams.
At the centre of our organisation are the values of Respect, Openness, Progress, Inclusion, and Integrity which drive our teams to deliver the best possible service for the legal sector and beyond.
Key Responsibilities for this role:
• Support IG best practice and compliance with our statutory and regulatory obligations
• Work closely with our IG Champions to raise awareness of IG requirements
• Support the team in producing routine internal and external reports
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and maintenance of IG policies, procedures, and guidance
Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Essential:
• Understanding of UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and information rights
• Experience working in an information governance, data protection, or records management environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Desirable:
• Relevant qualifications (e.g., FOISA Practitioner Certificate or Data Protection Certificate)
For more detailed information, please refer to the full job description and person specification.
What we offer our employees?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our colleague’s professional and personal needs. Some of these include:
• A hybrid working environment.
• Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• A competitive pension provision scheme
• Excellent family friendly benefits
• Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
• Private medical insurance including dental and optical.
• Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering.
We are always on the look for new talent to join our incredible workforce. If you are looking for a new opportunity within the society, we would love to hear from you!
If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, click Apply now.
This vacancy will close at 11:30am on 14 April 2026.
We are unable to provide feedback to applicants who are not selected for interviews.
We are unable to accept CVs. Please the application in full.
About us
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for Scottish solicitors. We promote excellence among solicitors through the support and regulation of our members.